On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Stanislav Ochotnicky < sochotni...@redhat.com> wrote:
> Quoting Kevin Fenzi (2013-03-12 15:53:56) > > On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:49:22 +0100 > > Stanislav Ochotnicky <sochotni...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > > > Tomcat6 package in Fedora is old, has several problematic bugs > > > (including 4 security) and most importantly there's a replacement: > > > tomcat-7.x > > > > > > I believe it is in our (developers as well as users) best interest to > > > get rid of it. I have sent similar email to java-devel on February > > > 26th[1], created another tomcat6 bugreport a week ago[2] but I wasn't > > > successful in reaching David Knox (primary maintainer). > > > > > > Note that we already had a bugreport to migrate packages to > > > tomcat-7[3] and we almost succeeded, but then new packages started > > > creeping in with dependency on tomcat6. We need to get rid of it ASAP > > > or we'll be fighting neverending battle. Even as > > > comaintainer/provenpackager I cannot deprecate package that I do not > > > own. > > > > > > I consider this point 4 of unresponsive maintainer process[4]. > > > However due to security issues, and package being effectively dead I > > > wouldn't mind speeding up the process. I might try to bring this up > > > with FESCO, but process doesn't seem to include any wiggle room there. > > > > Feel free to file a fesco ticket and explain whats going on. > Thanks, filed https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/1094 > > I believe the emails/bugzilla provides enough context but I'll also try to > attend > the FESCO meeting to answer any questions. > I have received this today http://www.exploitthis.com/2013/03/rhsa-20130623-1-important-tomcat6-security-update.html . Dunno if useful. Best > -- > Stanislav Ochotnicky <sochotni...@redhat.com> > Software Engineer - Developer Experience > > PGP: 7B087241 > Red Hat Inc. http://cz.redhat.com > -- > devel mailing list > devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel >
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